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Subfamily XTHWUM. Axjklets, Mureelets, Guillemots. 

 Genus CERORHINCA Bonaparte. 



Cerorhirwa Bonapaetb, Ann. Lye. N. H. N. Y., II, 1828, 427. Type, 

 by monotypy, Cerorhinca occidentalis Bonapakte = Alca monocerata 

 Pallas. 



Cerorhmca monocerata (Pallas). Rhinoceros Auklet. [15.] 



Alca monocerata Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiatica, II, 1826 (1811?), 362. 

 (Cape St. Elias to Kadiak Island, Alaska.) 



Range. — Coasts and islands of the North Pacific. Breeds from 

 Sitka, Alaska, south to Washington; winters from Washington south 

 to Lower Cahfomia and in Japan. 



Genus PTYCHORAMPHUS Brandt. 



Piychoramphus Brandt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pdtersb., II, 1837, 

 347. Type, by monotypy, Uria aleutica Pallas. 



Ptychordmphus aleuticus (Pallas). Cassin's Auklet. [16.] 



Uria aleutica Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiatica, II, 1826 (1811?), 370. 

 (North Pacific Ocean.) 



Range. — Pacific coast of North America, from Aleutian Islands 

 to Lower California (lat. 27°). Breeds locally throughout range. 



Genus PHALERIS Temminck. 



Phaleris Temminck, Manuel d'Orn., ed. 2, I, 1820, cxii. Type, by subs, 

 desig., Alca psittacula Pallas (Gray, 1840). 



PhSleris psittacula (Pallas). Paroquet Auklet. [17.] 



Alca psittacula Pallas, Spic. Zool., I, Fasc. v, 1769, 13, pi. ii; pi. v, figs. 

 4-6. (Kamchatka.) 



